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candyman

candyman noun: a male confectioner.

Noun

candyman (plural candymen)

  1. A male confectioner.
    • Near the entrance is a candyman who makes butterflies, birds and fish from melted sugar.1989, Laurie Fullerton, Tony Wheeler, North-East Asia on a Shoestring
  2. (slang) A male drug dealer.
    • He was on the payroll as Marvin Movie Star's candyman, his drug connection.1987, Marc Olden, Gaijin
    • This bloke looked just like a candyman with his expensive togs and the glitter of a gold watch in the lights from the car park.2002, Elizabeth George, A Traitor to Memory

candyman meaning in Tamil and Bengali

candyman in Tamil

தித்தியன், தித்தி மனிதன்

candyman in Bengali

একজন পুরুষ মিষ্টান্নকারক, একজন পুরুষ মাদক ব্যবসায়ী

Forms of candyman

pluralcandymen

Origin of candyman

From candy + -man.

Questions about candyman

What does candyman mean?
Candyman means a male confectioner.
What is candyman in Tamil?
Candyman in Tamil is தித்தியன், தித்தி மனிதன். See Candyman meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is candyman?
Candyman is a noun.
What is the plural of candyman?
The plural of candyman is candymen.

Words near candyman in the dictionary

  1. candylicious
  2. candylike
  3. candymaker
  4. candymakers
  5. candymaking
  6. candyman
  7. candymen
  8. candystick
  9. candystriper
  10. candystripers
  11. candytuft

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Adapted from Wiktionary: candyman (page history and authors); candyman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); candyman (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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